Welcome to Advent ...
Advent is located in Jackson County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Advent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
Advent is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Advent lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Advent: 304 & 681<3>
Communities near Advent ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Advent.
- Charleston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Charleston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Charleston
- South Charleston is located in Kanawha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,036 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Charleston <4>
- Dunbar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nitro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nitro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitro
- Nitro is located in Kanawha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,285 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nitro <4>
- Ripley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clendenin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poca have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poca
- Poca is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poca <4>
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Advent. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Advent.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Advent. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Advent.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Advent. See our Newspapers Page for Advent.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Advent ...
Looking for more information about Advent? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Advent, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Advent.
Adding Advent to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Advent in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Advent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Advent post office opened in 1893.
We also found Advent on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Advent.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Advent - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Advent area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Advent area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |